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Drama Queen

Murder, They Wrote

War Games

In 1946, John Hersey revealed the Hiroshima cover-up to the world. A new book tells how he got the scoop

Louche Life

Meet Alessandro Ristori, the Riviera’s favorite retro lounge singer

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Gerald Scarfe’s Sketchbook

An Introvert’s World

In Search of Lost Pianos

A journey to Siberia reveals the life of a 19th-century Russian princess who, in extreme isolation, found solace in music

Ghost of Dickens Past

On the Road

Warm Ways

Songs built to withstand the heat, from Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Etta James, the Detroit Cobras, and more

Under the Radar

Back to the Future

Alvin and Heidi Toffler’s book Future Shock, published a half-century ago, got a lot right about our current times

The Movie Star’s Movie Star

A new podcast evokes the advent of the Valley’s adult-film stars and the awe they earned from their Hollywood equivalents

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Hidden Tunes

“Whatever story I’m telling, I tell it through music.” An interview with Bruce Adolphe, the mind behind the wildly popular Piano Puzzlers

Southern Gothic

New exhibitions at London’s Alison Jacques Gallery spotlight Black photographer Gordon Parks’s work chronicling the American South and more

The Anti-Intellectual

The Going Is Good

At 61, Kathy Valentine, the subject of a new documentary on the Go-Go’s, shows no sign of slowing down

No-Brain Teaser

A few questions that should have been on the cognitive test Trump boasts he “aced”

Push a Little Harder

Sick and tired of it all? Keep on keeping on with Joe Cocker, Curtis Mayfield, Charli XCX, Emitt Rhodes, and more

Open-Air Revival

Liquid Assets